EMI bought Virgin Records in 1992, and though it was a good business decision, it was a tough personal decision for Branson.

1992年，百代唱片收购了维珍唱片公司，虽然这是个不错的生意决策，但对于布兰森来说，这是个艰难的个人决定。

Audiences were moved to tears, and EMI even fooled classical music experts into thinking they were hearing genuine Bach.

听众感动落泪， EMI 甚至让古典音乐专家以为他们听到的是真正的巴赫。

EMI, they bought Virgin Records in 1992, and although it was a good business decision, it was a tough personal choice for Branson.

百代在 1992 年收购了维珍唱片，虽然这是一个很好的商业决定，但对布兰森来说，这是一个艰难的个人决定。

Inmos was sold to Thorn EMI in 1984, but the firm remained an important training ground for the electronics graduates who flocked there.

Thorn EMI在1984年收购了Inmos。但是，这家公司一直保留着一个重要的培训基地，并为蜂涌而至电子学毕业生们做培训指导。

EMI is in fairly good shape after being put on a diet by Terra Firma, the private-equity firm that owned it before Citigroup.

花旗集团接手之前的百代（EMI），经过私募股权投资公司—泰丰资本（Terra Firma）的操刀调整之后，处于一个比较良好的状态。

Meanwhile, Douglas Hofstadter of Indiana University said EMI created replicas which still rely completely on the original artist's creative impulses.

与此同时，印第安纳大学的道格拉斯霍夫施塔特表示， EMI 创造的复制品仍然完全依赖于原艺术家的创作冲动。

The first shudder came in music in 1999, with internet services soon putting established music firms such as emi and Warner Music under pressure.

第一次颠覆发生在1999年的音乐领域，互联网服务很快将百代和华纳音乐等老牌音乐公司置于压力之下。

A WISE gamble involves knowing when to hold, when to fold and when to run, croons Kenny Rogers , an artist released through EMI's Capitol Records .

肯尼? 罗杰斯（Kenny Rogers）在通过百代（EMI）旗下的国会唱片公司（Capitol Records）发行的一首歌中，这样低声吟唱道：" 聪明的牌手知道何时叫牌，他懂得扣牌的时机，他还明白几时该重返牌局" 。

The plan is not to cut costs and keep EMI's catalogue, but to " build it back up" and maintain it as a separate company within Universal.

公司的计划并非削减开支并同时保留百代旗下的艺人名录，而是要重振其雄风，并将百代作为一个环球内部独立的公司来运作。

Taking EMI's market share and handsome catalogue (from theBeatles to Katy Perry, pictured) would give Universal a 40-50% share of most markets, reckons Enders Analysis, a research firm.

英国市场研究公司Enders Analysis认为，百代唱片（EMI）的市场份额以及旗下众多的大牌艺人（从披头士—Beatles到凯蒂·佩里—Katy Perry，见下图）将会给环球公司带来大部分市场中40%-50%的份额。